The Lombard group of Cannas
An extract from the 1890 catalogue of the German horticultural giants Wilhelm Pfitzer.
Canna Leaf Shapes
The overall shapes of canna leaves are characteristic of the genus, and together with reproductive features, are used in plant identification. To assess the shape of a leaf, one examines the…
Revisiting Canna ‘Triomphe’
Canna 'Triomphe' is a medium-sized Premier Group cultivar, with dark leaves and red flowers
What’s in a name?
What is in a name? When playwright William Shakespeare asked the question, “What's in a name?” in Romeo and Juliet, he was referring to the idea that names themselves are a…
Canna naming chaos
There are serious problems in canna nomenclature which would seem to be intractable. A long time ago I realised that I can do no more than sharing my database containing…
All is safely gathered in
Autumn 2023, 398 pots of canna. At last the job is complete, and 398 pots of canna are under cover, their foliage was nipped by the frosts, and now has…
Phytosanitary Certificates and Canna
Phytosanitary Certificates have little relevance to Canna viruses.
The Canna flower parts
When describing the various parts that constitute a Canna flower, the first thing to do is to explain that the petals aren't really petals, they are actually infertile stamens (male…
List of my references
Bachheti RK, Rawat GS, Joshi A, Pandey DP (2013) Phytochemical investigation of aerial parts of Canna indica collected from Uttarakhand India. Int J Pharm Tech Res 5(2):294–300 Batianoff GN, Butler…